Locker lock



Feb. 12 192 2.,

W. N. VANCE LOCKER LOCK 2 sums-sheet 1 Filed March 24 1921 Feb.

- LOCKER LOCK Filed March 24. 1921 ill Elli

-furnish their own' locks in the employer from responsibility and an ranea see; is, rec.

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application filed Itierch 534, 19%. serial Ho. 455,630.

and has more particular reference tolock lng devices therefor especially adaptedfor use upon lockers and the like which it is desired shall be accessible to more than one individual.

In business establishments where individual lockers are furnished for employee it is frequently desirable to have the employee order to relieve noyance in supplying extra keys. At the same time, the employer may wishto have access to the lockers at will Without calling upon the einployes for their keys. Similarl in schools and like institutions,

esirahle for certain authorities to have access to lockers independently of the users thereof.

It is, therefore, a principalobject of my invention to provide a locking device whereby such a door may instrumentality of separate locks, eac adapted to permit opening of the door independently oi the other. I r

A further object of the invention is the provision or" a locking device of the character mentioned, which looks the door firmly through the use of a minimum numoer of operatingparts, each of said parts being simple in construction and durable in service.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of independently acting locks so'3n:ranged as to present a pleasing appearance and to render unostensible the object for which they are used.

smother object of the invention is the provision of a-locking device which may be used upon practically any type of locker door or equivalent without material change in the general constmction thereof.

Still another ohiect of the invention is the provision or a door having a locking device-of the kind de'serihed which is dendable in action and susceptible of practical and inexpensive production as anartiole oi manufacture.

" conipanying, drawings illustrating in r the lock staples closed;

it may be be unlocked through the 1 h frame as a part sliding locking bar 16.

slidable in recesses 30 in thedoor.

Othcr objects and advantages of the in vention will be apparent as it is better un derstood from the following description when considered in connection with the so a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

U Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of a section of lockers showing one complete front or door;

ldig. 2 15a fragmentary elevationalview ill) of the interior of a door shpwing the locker casing in section; .y

Fig, 3 is an enlarged section taken sub stantially on the line 3- 3 in Fig. 1, show ig. 4 is a similar section showing the lock staples in open position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of one of the door straps and a section of the sliding bar showing means of engagement therewith;

Fig. 6 is a section taken substantially on the line 6-6 in Fig. 3; and

Fig; 7 is a perspective view of a lock plate. and recei-ving'staple.

On the drawings which illustrate a preQl fer-red embodiment of my invention, the reference numeral 11 indicates a locker of a tier of lockers fragmem tarily shown. A door 19. is secured upon hinges 13 to locker. This means of a handle 15 rigidly secured to a This bar is secured to the casing 14; by means of rivets 17 takin through slots 18 in said bar. deformed at intervals to provide inwardly pro'ecting sections 19 from the top of which V-s aped lugs or offsets 21 are-cut and arranged in vertical alignment with the straight portions of the bar.-- Stra s 22 are secured by means of rivets 23 to. the locker casing and extend over the inwardly extending door flange 24, to which we adapted to engage the depending log 21 when the do is closed and-locked.

Integral with the handle 15 is a locking its.

staple 26 \vhich,,.of course,

the bar 16, the handle 15 beingrigidly semoves only with cured to said bar by integral straps27 riveted at 28 to said bar, and said straps being the front casing 140i the door is opened and closed by The bar is Usually no lock the locker..

\- This flanges31 plate-29. This ate is slidably attachedto i the exterior of th {vertically-except as restrained by a bolt 35 bar '16 may be raised to s the door; If the padloc prising a door, a door casing,

it the custom to.lock the bar 16 to wsome permanently-fixed part of the door to In'steadof so locking it, howeveigl provides a plate 29, having se- 5 cured in a recess 40'therein a receiving staple 31;. into which the staple 2 6 is received and towhichit may be secured by a..,padlock 32.

oyerturned'back flanges 30" and ofiset outer enga ing the material of 'the e door and is free to move of arim look 34.: A'rivet 85 extends through an aperture 36 in the plate 29Iand through a recess'37- in the door, the inner end of said i rivet being in the form of a block 38 slidable within the door. 7

The lock 34-may be of any preferred type and it will be understood that a combination lock might be used in the place-of the rim.

lock shown in the drawings. It has been found that an ordinary cylinder rim lock is entirely satisfactory for the purpose.

2 When both the locks are locked it will be impossible either to move the staple 26 and,

-with it, the bar ,16 independently of the plate-29 or to move said plat vertically with said staple 26 and bar' 16. The door,-the re-' 30 fore,

y unlocking the rim lock 34h) permit ver:

tical movement of the plate. 29 with the sta;

ple 26, wherebythe bar 16 may be raised as heretofor described I It is obvious that in this manner the locker may be rendered accessible to either the pos sessor of a key for the padlock 32 or for the rim lock 34, the cooperation of the two locks being necessary to hold the door in locked position. a

It is thought that the invention andimany of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoingdescription, and

it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement-of the arts 1 without departing from the spirit and scope f the invention v or'sacrificing all of its material advantages,

the form hereinb'efore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I-claim': 1. A front for lockers and the like, coma slidable latching .bar in said door, a handle-fixedly secured to said bar, keeper members on'said casing adapted to cooperate with said bar to latch the door closed,;and a plurality of locks forlocking said bar-in latching-posh staple is held in place by means of 'bar slidably to said door, and having air I v tion, the operation of afsinglelocli: releasing the bar to unlock the'door.

- 2. A front for lockers and. the v like, com prising a door, a decreasing, a slidabie latching bar insaid door, a handle fixedly; secured to said bar, keeper members on said casing adapted. to cooperate with said bar to latch the door closed, and a plurality of locks, for locking the door, saiddatching bar and keeper member bemgdisengage able by removal of one ofsaid locks,

33. A front "for iockers the like, comprising a door, a door casing, a slidaole latching bar lTl'.Sal(l door, handle fixedlysecurcd to said bar, keeper members on said casing adapted to cooperate with said bar to latch the door closed, a fixed staplezon slidable plate positioned door and having a staple receiving portion togetheradapted to receive said fixed staple, a padlock for locking said staple and staple said bar and protruding from said door, a

exteriorly on the receiving portion, anda second look ads. ted

to prevent vertical movement of said n ate,

whereby said door may be unlocked by ei her lock.

4. A front for lockers and the lii te, em I prising a door, a door casing, a latching secured tosaid door and having projecting latching lugs, a handle fixed secured to said bar, recessed straps secured to said casing and adapted to cooperate with said lugs to latch the door closed, and a plurality of locks, for locking said bar in atching position, the operation of a single lock releasing the bar to unlock the door.

5. A front for lockers and theflike, corn prising a door, a door casing, cooiperatin latching members secured respective r to sai door and casing, and a plurality of locksfor locking said latching members, the operation of any one lock releasing said latching mernbers to unlock the door.

; i. GQA front for lockers and the like, corn prising a door, a door casing, alatching' bar shdably-secured to said door,

said door, cooperating keeper members secured to said casing and engaging portions of said bar, a staple integral with saidhandleda slidable plate positioned exteri only-of the door and having a staple receiving portion adapted to receive and be locked to said handle staple, a ,adiock for locking said-'staple parts toget er, and a movement of said plate, whereby to permit opening'of said door by unlocking'either ofsaid' locks. 7. In combination with aglocker, a door and a door casing, comprising a latching bar having a locking device slidably secured projecting lockin lugs, cooperating keeper to said casing and adapted toiengage said a handle fixed upon said bar and extending outwardly from second lock adapted to prevent vertical members secure v messes lugs when in locked position, a handle rigidly secured to said bar, 'slidable plat/e positioned exteriorly of the door,

and a plurality of locks, one being adapted to lock said plate and handle together and 'the other to prevent vertical movement of said plate, whereby the door may be opened by looking'either of said locks.

8. Iii-combination with a locker havingber to which said slidable latching member.

may be looked, a lock for locking said memhere together, and a second look for restraining sliding movement. of said sliding member, whereby said locks must cooperate to prevent opening said door.

9. In combination with a .locker having a door'andt @door casing, a slidable latching memberand a fixed keeper membenone of said members being attached to said door and the other to said casing, a sliding member t which said slidabl e latching member may be locked. a lock for locking said memhere together. and a second look for re straining sliding ,m'orement of said sliding member, wherel v-said locks must cooperate to. prevent openin" said door, one of said locks being a rim lbck and one a padlock;

10. A locker, comprising a frame, a door,

co-operative latching devices positioned respectively on said frame and'door, and a.

plurality of locks for locking said latching devices. the operation of any one look releasing said device to unlock'the door.

11. A locker, comprising a frame, a door, a keeper on the frame, a movable locking member on the. door, and aplurality of locks for locking said member in engagement with said keeper, the operation of a single look permitting disengagement of said parts to open the door.

WALTER n. VANCE. 

